Quotes from “Why The Monkees Matter” by Dr. Rosanne Welch – 87 in a series – Mike the Father Figure

Whether it was due to his being older (than Dolenz and Jones but not Tork), or due to his being tall, or because he was already a father in real life, Mike did provide the father figure from the start. The program provided the fantasy of a father-knows-best-less house, but because of Mike they had a father.